CVE-2006-5705
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in plugins/wp-db-backup.php in WordPress before 2.0.5 allow remote authenticated users to read or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) backup and (2) fragment parameters in a GET request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.6% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5690)
- Published
- November 4, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5690 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
- wordpress / wordpress
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303
- http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/changes-in-wordpress-205/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22683(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22942
- http://trac.wordpress.org/changeset/4226
- http://wordpress.org/development/2006/10/205-ronan/(Patch)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xml
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.027-wordpress.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20869(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4307
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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